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Iranian government restricted Instagram and WhatsApp apps in the country, in response to protests that have been taking place since last week and which it is trying to quell. According to Internet watchdog NetBlocks, WhatsApp’s servers, a few hours after those of Instagram, were disrupted on several Internet service providers. …

Alphabet Inc launched Google Wallet in South Africa on Tuesday, as the tech giant tries to gain a foothold in the country’s rapidly growing digital payments space, Reuters agency reported. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift to digital transactions and people increasingly prefer making contactless payments via their smart …

Ugandan authorities say they will install 2,000 Wi-Fi hotspots across the country as part of a new project to improve internet connectivity. The internet will be used by government offices during working hours and will be available to the public past working hours and during weekends. “We would like to …

Apple will unveil its latest iPhone 14 model on Wednesday, September 7, during one of its famous keynotes online. The new model will be available for pre-order before its release in stores on September 16, according to Mark Guran, tech journalist at Bloomberg. The notch on the iPhone 14 will …

Tanzanian government announced that it installed a high-speed internet service on the top of Kilimanjaro in order to improve safety of porters and climbers during their ascent to the highest point on the African continent, The Guardian reported. The network was installed at 3720 meters above sea level. During the …

In order to diversify its contents, a press company based in Lomé is looking for freelance correspondents in various African countries for its news sites. Tasks Correspondents will be responsible for submitting articles on political, social, economic and sporting news in their country (both in English and French) Profile University …

Technology giant Meta removed thousands of posts targeting Kenyan users on its social media platform Facebook for violating its policies ahead of the August elections. Four years ago, bosses at the now-defunct British consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica were apparently caught on camera boasting of the control they had exerted in …

A fine of 21 billion rubles (about 363 million euros) has been imposed by a Moscow court on the American giant Google. The society is accused of not having blocked false information on the special operation of the Russian army in Ukraine, content deemed to be propaganda of what Moscow …

Mobile phones become real tools that accompany us on a daily basis. Sometimes they even become work tools that we cannot do without. Always looking for innovation, smartphone manufacturers offer new features that can make our daily life easier. Especially since new applications are always ready to meet our expectations, …

Google denounced and condemned software from an Italian company specializing in communications surveillance used to hack into smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan. Google engineers explain that the victims, users of Android (Google) and iOS (Apple) smartphones, received a link to install malicious applications, which then make it possible to spy …